Summary

In Chapter 1, Lacy Stoltz, a veteran officer at the Board on Judicial Conduct, agreed to meet with a woman who called herself Margie at a nearby coffee bar. The request to meet outside the office was not uncommon for people who were bringing claims against judges because they often feared retaliation. Lacy asked Darren Trope, her colleague, to visit the coffee bar in 15 minutes to get some pictures of the woman.

Margie, a Black woman in her 40s, was the only woman in the bar. She admitted to Lacy she was an emotional wreck as a result of the work she had done over the past 20 years to get a story together for Lacy. As Lacy was explaining the course a case took once it was presented to the BJC, Darren entered with a coffee and his laptop. Margie did not seem to...